Agriculture: Carbon Emissions
Commons · Question 16059 · Tabled 25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Julia Buckley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help family-run farms with any increased costs associated with the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 5 Dec 2024
Overall, the Government expects any impact on UK farmers to be modest. The level of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and impact on fertiliser prices is a function of the effective carbon price under the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) for ferti...